EDITORIAL: A Cleaner Food and Drug Agency - New York Times

A Cleaner Food and Drug Agency - New York Times: "In our highly medicated, high-technology society, it is essential that the Food and Drug Administration regulates drugs, medical devices and other products with complete objectivity — free from the taint of industry influence. So it is encouraging that the agency has proposed new rules to exclude experts who have significant financial ties to regulated industries from serving on committees that recommend whether a product should be approved."